Patterns in the Landscape: Manning Daly Art will create patterns in the sand with designs inspired by local plant species, enhancing the spectacular Sunshine Coast beaches. These large scale creations are drawn directly onto the sand only to be washed away with the tide. The ephemeral nature of the art is a reminder of the transience of our valuable landscape. Date: 25 Aug; Time: Artists on site 2 pm to 6 pm; Location: Kings Beach, Caloundra; Price: Free.

A GooseChase at the Horizon Festival

Let us take you on a wild GooseChase …

Looking for a fun way to explore the Horizon Festival and see more of the region? Join our GooseChase, the festival’s online adventure, and win tickets to Adelaide Fringe Festival 2018. The game is on Friday 18th August starting at 9 am through to Sunday 3 September, 2017 at 10 pm.

Download the GooseChase app to participate in this interactive scavenger hunt, get your team sorted or play individually, and most importantly have fun! Checkout the Map

You will be tasked to complete missions – extra points are awarded for creativity!

Don’t miss the opportunity to be a part of the biggest online adventure the Coast has ever seen.

Scavenger hunt your way to victory….

There will be rewards along the way, and the winning team or individual will receive a prize package to Adelaide Fringe 2018* to participate in their festival GooseChase!

Major prize package includes:

– 4 x economy flights to Adelaide during Adelaide Fringe
– 1 x $200 FringeTIX voucher plus an Adelaide Fringe merch pack
– 4 x entry passes to the exclusive Fringe Club artist bar
– 3 nights’ accommodation for up to four people at The Watson Art Series Hotel
– A bottle of delicious Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc from Tomich Wine
– And UBER credit to get you around Adelaide

PLUS, an iPad, portable speakers and Horizon merchandise will be up for grabs.

The trail loop is approximately 1.7 km. Council recommends starting at the Caloundra Regional Gallery and wander up through Lamkin Lane to discover The Pavilion and The Lighthouse. Take a stroll up Bulcock Street to the top of the roundabout and down to the Dingle Wall. On your way back down Bulcock Street cross the road and turn left into the laneway towards the Transit Centre. Here you will discover Ma and Pa and to the left, behind you, Miniature Panthers. Head south along Williamson Lane, to discover three other works.

Once you are done, grab a refreshing juice, smoothie or coffee in Bulcock Street or a wine on the waterfront along The Esplanade in one of Caloundra’s premier cafes or restaurants.

To find out more about each work, download the free council app on your smart device, look for the ‘THINGS TO DO’ button and open the ‘VIRTUAL GALLERY’.

Enjoy the trail and share your experience on social media with #scpublicart – download the Street Art Trail[3036KB] map on your smart device and follow the walking trail.

Nambour: Uncover the groundswell of street art across Nambour’s streets and lane-ways. Recognised as a n emerging hub for street art, Nambour was a satellite location for the 2017 Brisbane Street Art Festival. Wander the urban streets of Nambour and discover eight large-scale artworks by artists David Houghton, EJ Zyla, Mieke Salna, Conrad Square, Mandy Schone-Salter, Simon Degroot, The Brightsiders, Adam Lewczuk, Ryan Sullivan, Michael Foley and Bianca Beetson. Nambour CBD also features four integrated and sculptural Public Artworks to check out along the trail.

The walk should take about an hour and a half or a little more if you enjoy a coffee at one of the local café’s along the way. The trail loop is approximately 2.3 km. There are 13 works of art to discover, highlighting the local history, colourful stories and meaningful expressions by some of our best local and national public art artists.

Games: Barry Mundy’s Remote Boats, Games Zone, Side Show Alley, Water Wars

Rides and Attractions Height Restrictions: For your fun, safety and comfort there are height restrictions on some rides and attractions.

You must be over 130 cm to be able to experience the following rides and attractions: Redback, Wild Mouse Rollercoaster, Rock ‘n’ Roll Rebel, Octopus, Stockshed Speedway Dodgems Driver, Platypus Ponds Mini Golf (unaccompanied), Water Wars (unaccompanied).

You must be over 120 cm to be able to experience the following rides and attractions: Giant Slide (unaccompanied), Plunge (unaccompanied).

Art St Maleny – part of the amazing
Horizon Festival of Arts and Culture

Art St Maleny is a collaborative celebration that, together with Maleny Music Festival, will bring art into public space through local cafes, parks and venues to celebrate the creative energy of the Maleny community. Art St presents a series of events, workshops, public art installations and opportunities for visitors to engage their senses.

Forest Art Trail – Designed to educate children about native wildlife, follow the map along a wonderful forest walk to discover 15 art features created from nature’s gifts, recycled materials and other creative recourses – daily on the Obi Boardwalk connecting Maleny Showgrounds to Coral Street. Cost – Free.

If you can’t get a hold of the Horizon Festival of Arts and Culture brochure you can see it online Click here to see the brochure which covers all the events, and includes, days, dates, times, location, and cost(s).

This is a huge Arts and Culture Festival – there has to be something to suit you!

The Horizon Sunshine Coast is presented by the Sunshine Coast Council and supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and Tourism and Events Queensland.

The Original Eumundi Markets: Step into a wonderful world of original design at the best art and craft market in Australia and meet the artists face-to-face. You’ll find original artworks, sculptures, furniture, handmade toys, homewares, and skincare, as well as cutting edge fashion and jewellery by local designers, all guided by our ethos of “we make it, bake it, grow it, sew it”.

And, when you need a break from the shopping, sit back and be entertained by a stellar line-up of performers guaranteed to get you in the groove. There’s plenty of local talent to keep you entertained, with world-music sounds, country tunes or tribal rhythms.

You can also have your palm read or indulge in a vast array of services offered by our many health and well-being practitioners.

Market Hours: Wednesdays 8 am – 1.30 pm & Saturdays 7 am – 2 pm

The Original Eumundi Markets are open rain, hail or shine every Wednesday and Saturday.

Over the years, several independent organisations, including the Eumundi and District Community Association, have also set up other market operations adjacent to The Original Eumundi Markets, making the overall Eumundi Markets now the biggest art and craft market in Australia.

Our market community has now grown to more than 600 stalls and boasts an annual visitation of 1.6 million people!

The Original Eumundi Markets continue to focus on handmade products, with the ethos of “make it, bake it, grow it, sew it”.

The philosophy of locally handmade products and services has served the Eumundi Markets well over the last 30 years and it is the originality and uniqueness of the stallholders and their creativity that has customers coming back for more year after year.

Eumundi Markets is a vibrant, ever-evolving collaboration of many talented people seeking to share their gifts with the world. We play a pivotal role in supporting and promoting young local creative talent. We also recognise our responsibility in nurturing new businesses in their formulative years by providing a cost effective alternative for test marketing and trialling of new products and services, unique to this region.

We are also seeking to create the best sustainable shopping experience anywhere on this planet by changing our own practices to ensure our green credentials are pure. In conjunction with our local school, we have created a worm farm to process all compostable waste generated by the market and for the school to resell the organic fluids and castings to raise much-needed funds. The market is now plastic bag free and all packaging materials used are fully compostable.

In the future, we will be installing our own solar power generation and water harvesting to become self-sufficient with our energy needs, with the long-term aim of exporting any surplus energy within the community.

Wildlife HQ is a boutique zoo of native and exotic animals on the Sunshine Coast QLD. The story of Wildlife HQ is akin to the story of Noah’s Ark. Zoo owner, Julie Seabrook and her team of dedicated Keepers, undertook the mammoth task of moving 200 animals from Alma Park Zoo to their new home at Wildlife HQ. If you thought moving home was tough, try packing a herd of Indian Blackbuck, Red Pandas, troops of South American monkeys, a bearcat, and pack of dingos.

When Alma Park Zoo closed in March 2014 to make way for a housing development in the area. Julie negotiated with owners of the Zoo to assume the ownership of the animal collection. Julie established the new Wildlife HQ in Woombye to accommodate the 200 animals safely in their new permanent home at the Big Pineapple.

Whilst it was devastating to see Alma Park Zoo close after 45 years, keeping all the animals with their Keepers at the new Wildlife HQ was the best possible outcome.

For the animals with complex and multifaceted social relationships, maintaining their social bonds by staying together rather than being dispersed to other Zoo’s was the best solution for their continued health and well being. This solution also provided Keepers with the opportunity to continue to develop the bonds they had established with animals they have worked with for a number of years. The move to Queensland Zoo was a win-win for both unique animals and talented people.

Julie and the team at Wildlife HQ are now embarking on a new era. Julie is focused on providing lifetime care of animals of Wildlife HQ whilst educating families and children about animals, the environment and conservation.

For more information, click HERE to go to the official Queensland Zoo website.

The Landsborough Museum warmly welcomes you as an individual, family school or group. The Landsborough Museum was established in 1976. It is one of the largest community museums in south east Queensland and is dedicated to preserving the cultural heritage of the local region. A dedicated group of volunteers staff the Museum and work to research and provide visitor access to the community’s collections and stories. The Museum is open Wednesday to Friday and Sundays from 9 am to 3 pm.

A quick visit to the Museum can take up to one hour but with so much to see several hours can be spent browsing the collection of farm machinery, domestic life in the last century, the local historic tobacco and farming communities, and many other items of interest from the one-legged shovel to the Caloundra lighthouse light.

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The Pioneers: Our Pioneers were men with strong backs and endless ambitions, women with strong spirits and trust in family values. They were people with the determination to build a future from nothing but courage, daring and persistence. To share their stories, the Landsborough Museum has become the place where you can discover or heritage “from the mountains to the sea”.

The Building: The Landsborough Shire Chambers were opened in 1924. The last council meeting held in the old building was on the 24th July 1968, thereafter the council moved to new premises in Caloundra. The Shire of Landsborough Historical Society Incorporated was formed in 1973 and opened the Landborough Museum on the 3rd April 1976.

The Township of Landsborough: The township was originally named Mellum Creek but was renamed Landsborough in honour of the explorer William Landsborough who was chosen to lead a search for the missing explorers, Burke and Wills. While searching he learnt that Burke and Wills had perished but continued and became the first explorer to cross the continent from north to south.

The Collection: There are many items of historical significance in our collection including photos and items donated to the museum which details the rich history of the area. We have also developed an intensive and informative data base which records the facinating family history of our pioneers. This is accessible in our “Stan Tutt Reading Room”.